Should the following sentences take the possessive gerund? If so, why? Thank you " In spite of vehicle sales rising 17 per cent " "These proposed changes are central to Cattles achieving a more cost-efficient

His sentence is awkward and not quite correct. I would have said: "The past ten years have seen a big rise in small businesses." And yes, my current dictionary has the pronunciation of "near" as "nir."

Sorry, my mistake-- I wanted to make a complete change to this: she also was unwilling to make a refund 'Neither' does not work because it is ambiguous; it does not clearly reference the earlier sentence.

Hello! Can I ask for help please? I have certain doubts about the sentence my teacher said to be correct. He said the following: "The recent ten years are seeing a big rise in small businesses" Is it really correct? I mean

Hello! I'm writing a letter of motivation to our local office for international relations. So I have to convince them to accept me and to arrange an exchange with an American university. This is a very raw version but I would appreciate it if

Welcome to EnglishForums. Here are my suggestions about how to improve the letter of recommendation. Underlined words are where I made spelling or grammatical changes to your language. Strikethroughs are where I deleted your original language.

There is a reference very similar to your sentence in urban dictionary for the word "slam-dunk" . This can be used a verb. I am sure you can infer what does this sentence mean. You'd like to check it there. Thanks

Dear friend, as various different and mutually exclusive opinions have already been expressed (and of them surely reflects reality), I would like to comment on this issue by summarising the essence of the matter. 1. Your question concerns the fact

Thank you Clive for the critique. For the New York sentence, is there anything wrong or misleading in the construction that needs to be reworded. After the rewording, the original past perfect context has been erased. Maybe I tried too hard to

After a five-day rest, our office resumes work. This break provided an opportunity for my colleagues and I to take a complete rest and to spend time with our relatives. My friend Julie, for instance, visited her family in California. Helen